"The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead."

-- Jack Weatherford

#Anger Quotes #Pride Quotes #Self Quotes

“That world! These days it's all been erased and they've rolled it up like a scroll and put it away somewhere. Yes, I can touch it with my fingers. But where is it?”
“The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.”
“I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid.”
“The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.”
“A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous.”
“That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.”
“The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.”
“We have history as a guide, and history suggests that this brand of comprehensive reform ... is a recipe for failure.”

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